Clothes-line support and adjuster.



F. LUERSEN. CLOTHES LINE SUPPORT AND ADJUSTER. APPLICAUON FILED JAN-14, 1934. 1,137,505, Patented Apr. 2?, 1915 2 SHEETSSHEET I.

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F. LUERSEN.

BLOTHES LINE SUPPORT AND ADJUSTER. APPUCATION FILED JAN. 14. I914.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

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CLOTHES-LINE SUPPORT AND ADJUSTER.

Application filed January 14, 1914.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRITZ LUERSEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Price, in the county of Carbon and State of Utah, have invented a new and Improved Clothes- Line Support and Adjuster, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

An object of my invention is to provide an improved clothesline supported on posts or equivalent elements and having associated therewith novel adjusting means.

The invention will be particularly explained in the specific description following.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the clothesline and pins embodied in my invention; Fig. 2 is a broken sectional side elevation; Fig. 3 is a fragmentary sectional plan view of the supporting means at one end of the line; Fig. 41 is an enlarged view of the slide to which one end of the line is attached, the view being taken looking directly at the top of the post on which the slide is fitted; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the clothespins.

In carrying out the illustrated practical embodiment of my invention, two posts 10, 11, or equivalent supports are provided. Between the posts are approximately parallel clothes lines 12. One end of the line is attached to a box-like carriage or slide 13 ar ranged on the post 10. Connection between the lines 12 and the slide 13 may be through the medium of a bail 141. The opposite ends of the clothesline pass through eyes 15 in a cross arm 15 on the post 11, and may run over pulleys provided as at 16 on said crossarm, the ends 12 of the members forming the clothesline being made fast, in practice, to a cleat 17 or the like.

To raise and lower the slide 13 a rope 18 is provided, which is bent around a sheave or pulley at the end of the post 12, as at 19, one strand or stretch being carried around a roller 20 to effect a frictional connection between the rope and slide. The ends of the rope may be made fast to the cleat 21 provided on any suitable member at the base of the post 10. The slide 13 is provided with friction rollers 22 for bearing against the back of the post 10 in the raising and lower- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

Serial No. 812,028.

ing of the slide. The downward movement of the slide 13 may be limited by a stop pin 23 on the post10, and the upward movement of the slide may be similarly limited by a pin 23 at the upper end of the post.

In connection with the clothesline 12 wire clothespins are provided, designated generally by the numeral 24, one of which is shown in Fig. 5. The clothespins are provided with a body formed of a single piece of wire bent into a loop 25, returned on itself, the members being preferably twisted as at 26, at the lower end of the loop 25. Below the twisted or crossed portion 26, the wires carry downward in the form of shanks 27, which are bent outwardly at the lower end, and comprise lateral arms 28, the ends of which may be turned approximately at a right angle as at 28*. On the shanks 27, clamps 30 are provided, which are also formed of wire doubled on itself around the shanks 27, and carried outwardly in opposite directions to the shanks, and then downwardly in the form of depending resilient arms 31 that embrace the lateral arms 28 on the body. The shanks 27 are bent toward each other at the lower end to provide shoulders 29 for limiting the downward movement of the clamps 30. The clamps 30 may be caused to engage the clothes A, indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1.

To assemble the clothespins on the lines 12 adjacent to the post 10. a bar 32 is provided, which is slidably fitted on the lines 12, being formed with holes 33 for the free movement of the said bar on the lines. The bar 32 is interposed in a practically endless haul rope 34, one end of which is connected as at 35, with the bar 32, at one side of the latter, the opposite end of the rope being connected as at 36 with the said bar at the opposite side. The rope runs over the pulley, as at 37, on one post 11, and is given a turn around a drum 38 mounted to turn on the slide 13. The drum is provided with a crank handle 39, whereby the drum may be turned to exert a pull on the rope 34 in either direction, for moving the bar 32 toward or from either post 10 or 11. The clothespins 24 adjacent to the bar 32 are connected with the latter as by a cord 24*, so that the said adjacent pins will be drawn toward the post 11 by the said bar.

In practice, the pins are so clamped to the clothes that the latter will form a con nection between adjacent pins and the haul ing of those pins adjacent to the bar 32 will result in drawing the pins and clothes in succession toward the post 11. A reverse movement of the bar 32 will obviously cause the said pins to be assembled adjacent to the post 10. By the described arrangement the a clothes may be conveniently hung and removed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The combination of a pair of clothes lines, a slide to which the lines are comiected at one end, a post on which said slide is adapted to be raised or lowered, means for raising and lowering the slide, a post to which the opposite ends of the lines are connected, a series of pins on the lines, a cross bar fitted to slide on the lines, a haul rope connected with said bar, and extending in opposite directions therefrom to the; posts, the said haul rope having a' running con- Copies of this patent may be obtained for post, and means on the post for moving sald rope nection with one slide of the other to or from either post.

2. The combination of end supports, a

slide movable on one of said supports, a

having running connection with one of the supports, and a drum on the slide, around which the haul rope is given a turn.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FRITZ LUERSEN. Witnesses:

B. R. MCDONALD, G. E. NELMS.

Commissioner of Patents, 

